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Simplicity Parenting: Using the Extraordinary Power of Less to Raise Calmer, Happier, and More Secure Kids

Simplicity Parenting: Using the Extraordinary Power of Less to Raise Calmer, Happier, and More Secure Kids by Kim John Payne, MEd With Lisa M. Ross ($16)

What a real reader had to say about it: "Best parenting book I've read. And really more than a parenting book, this a book about how to live life well in modern times . . . To simplify (which is the theme of the book), we've become too busy, and that busyness is particularly bad for children."

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